Re: Blowfish II name

Peter Gutmann (pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:18:45 (NZST)

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>TwoFish is a pretty pathetic name (Sorry Bruce!)
>Even Blowfish II would have been a better name, with the
>"II" implying a "new improved" blowfish.

Naah, it's a neat name. Imagine the t-shirt[0] you could
do[1]:

  One fish
    Twofish
  Red pike(crossed out) fish
    Blowfish

Background is a diagram of the Twofish round function.

Peter.

[0] If anyone uses this for a real t-shirt then I get one
    free :-).
[1] Suggested by a friend of mine (Edouard Poor), slightly
    modified with the dig at GCHQ.

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